Child Friendly Newspaper Award
&
 Best Volunteer Award 2010

29th March 2011

In this era of globalization, the role and importance of media has increased manifolds in bringing the issue of human rights and child protection into the limelight. To encourage the media personals to handle the issue of child sexual abuse in a more meaningful way, Sahil started to appreciate the contribution of newspaper because of standard and sensitive reporting on the child protection issues.

Sahil is also awarding its volunteers for their contribution towards the cause; the cadre of volunteers is a proof of people’s commitment for the issue and the credibility of the organization. 

In this regard, Sahil conducted its 6th ceremony of Child Friendly Newspaper Award 2010 and Best Volunteer award 2010 in Marriott Islamabad on 29th March 2011. 

Ms. Shahnaz Wazir Ali, Advisor to Prime Minister of Pakistan was the chief guest of the ceremony. Guest of honor of the ceremony was Ambassador Mr. Robert Kvile, The Royal Norwegian Embassy. 
    
                                 
                                               (Sitting from left to right)
                             Mr. Fayyaz Baqir, Mr. Khawar Ansarie, Mr. Robert Kvile,
                     Ms. Shahnaz Wazir Ali, Ms. Manizeh Bano and Mr. Arshad Quershi

Ms. Shahnaz Wazir Ali, Advisor to Prime Minister of Pakistan awarded newspapers with their respective awards and cheques. 

The newspaper who got their awards were

Special certificates were given to Daily Khabrain Rawalpindi/Islamabad, Daily Express Rawalpindi/Islamabad, Daily Insaf Lahore, Daily Tameer-e-Sindh Karachi/Sukkur, Daily Kaawish Hyderabad and Daily Leader Lahore .       

Best Volunteer Award was presented to Mr. Abdul Latif Zafar from Bahawalpur for the year 2010.
                                        

In the special mention category, one volunteer from each province was selected to acknowledge their efforts towards the goal of Sahil. The volunteers who were awarded in this category were

Chinh Pakistan Awards were presented to the student teams from three schools who developed two short documentaries for Chinh Pakistan. The winning movie was 'The Race Against Poverty' and the runner up movie was ‘Witnessing Bullying’.

Ambassador Mr. Robert Kvile, The Royal Norwegian Embassy, distributed the awards among the students.

White Rice Communications received an Award of Appreciation for their technical support for developing CHINH Movies.

 “Ten Years Service Award” was presented to Sahil’s staff members, Ms. Irshaad Bibi and Mr. Iftikhar Kiani, to appreciate their contributions for Sahil to achieve it’s vision and mission

Souvenirs were presented to Ms. Shahnaz Wazir Ali, Advisor to Prime Minister of Pakistan and Ambassador of The Royal Norwegian Embassy Mr. Robert Kvile, . 

A total of 184 participants from various national, international organizations and media persons participated in the ceremony.                                                                                

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